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095 | The Smartest Room with Tarun Patel
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Tarun S. Patel is a second generation hotelier and entrepreneur specializing in Hospitality Management and Development, Deal Structure, Finance and Accounting. He’s Principal of Pacific Hospitality Company, and Founder and CFO of Pracrea Inc, a Silicon Valley based startup offering software-as-a-service solutions used by commercial real estate brokers and owners to manage the sale of their listings and properties. Their solution, TheHotelInventory.com, provides a virtual meeting place for hotel buyers and sellers that helps hotel sellers and brokers market their properties, and hotel investors find their next investment.
Tarun earned a BS, Finance and Economics from San Diego State University.
In This Episode, Tarun Reveals
- His experience serving on the Board of Directors for AAHOA and the US Travel Association.
- The importance of getting involved at the local, state and federal level to proactively affect legislation, and some of the legislative issues surrounding the hospitality industry today.
- How the new administration could impact small business owners and the state of the Lodging Industry today.
- What The Hotel Inventory is, how it’s the strongest hotel real estate listing site on the web, and how they’ve gained massive marketshare in a few short years.
Resources & Links
Tarun Patel
- tspatel@pracrea.com
- @TarunPatelSJC
- Office Direct: 408-777-6700
Pracrea, Inc.
- TheHotelInventory.com
- Pracrea on LinkedIn
- info@pracrea.com
1735 North First Street, Ste. 247
San Jose, California 95112
Mentioned in this Episode
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330 | Youthful Perspective: Industry leader Bijal Patel mourns the loss of ‘an entire generation’ of hospitality workers
Bijal Patel, 31, is CEO of Coast Redwood Hospitality and the youngest chair of the California Hotel & Lodging Association. He’s made even more history at CHLA by agreeing to serve an unprecedented second term as the lodging industry emerges from the coronavirus pandemic. Patel is a third-generation hotelier. Being so steeped in hospitality at such a young age is not new for members of the Indian American hotelier community, but Patel fears the pandemic has drained the industry of emerging talent. Lodging Leaders spotlights Patel, who represents a leadership demographic that is fighting for the life of the hospitality industry as they watch their peers veer toward other career paths.
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329 | Ruff and Ready: ADA gives hotels a short leash when accommodating guests with service animals
Many hotels these days have made room for guests with disabilities. Hotel managers and staff should also know what the Americans with Disabilities Act says about accommodating guests with pets. During the pandemic lockdowns, a lot of people added a pet to their household and now they’re bringing Fido along on vacation. Hotel employees need to know how to cater to both consumers who are pet owners as well as guests who travel with a trained service animal. Episode 329 of Lodging Leaders podcast reports on how the ADA defines a service animal and how a hotel is legally obligated to serve a guest who comes with a dog or any other animal.